While dodging rockets in Gaza, CNN’s Anderson Cooper dishes out insults over Twitter
National Post Staff | Nov 20, 2012 1:03 PM ET | Last Updated: Nov 20, 2012 1:17 PM ET
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As CNN correspondent Anderson
Cooper dodges rockets while reporting from Gaza on its ongoing conflict
with Israel, he’s also dodging — and responding to — criticism from
Internet trolls.
When Cooper tweeted on Monday about Hamas firing rockets from a spot beside a media centre in Gaza, hit the day before by IDF missiles, a Twitter user urged him to report “the facts.”
In a tweet that appears to have now been deleted, a woman by the name
of Pamela Weiss told Cooper to “report a fair story” and mention the
rockets being fired from inside Gaza.
Cooper, who was nearby during a live report when a large explosion occurred behind him in Gaza, took the opportunity to respond to Weiss with a personal counter attack.
He accused the woman of being too busy tweeting about flan — a detail he appeared to glean from her Twitter feed — to keep up with the news.
When an anonymous user suggested Cooper would be attacked in
Palestine for being gay, the CNN correspondent slammed the user for not
having the courage to reveal his identity and called him a Internet
troll who eats Fritos.
Some users, however, just seemed confused about where Cooper was reporting from in the first place.
When Cooper tweeted on Monday about Hamas firing rockets from a spot beside a media centre in Gaza, hit the day before by IDF missiles, a Twitter user urged him to report “the facts.”
4 rockets just fired from near media center in #Gaza City. The same media center bldg hit by three IDF missiles earlier today
Cooper, who was nearby during a live report when a large explosion occurred behind him in Gaza, took the opportunity to respond to Weiss with a personal counter attack.
He accused the woman of being too busy tweeting about flan — a detail he appeared to glean from her Twitter feed — to keep up with the news.
.@Pamela_Weiss perhaps spend less time tweeting about coconut flan and more time actually following the news
.@Pamela_Weiss ummmm.... I just did that and have been doing that repeatedly on twitter and on tv. Do you actually think before you tweet?
.@andersoncooper How on earth are you cool with supporting Hamas, knowing they want to exterminate gays & would kill you if you lived there?
@LADowd @andersoncooper Didn't Cooper admit he was gay, if so let's let the Palestians know and see what happens
@LADowd @andersoncooper Didn't Cooper admit he was gay, if so let's let the Palestians know and see what happens
@retireleo wow, tough words from an anon Internet troll. why not use your name and photo, coward? Have some more fritos and keep typing
@andersoncooper great 1 sided reporting in Israel. Show the American people what life is like for Palestinians in #Gaza #hack
.@rollinout2012 ummm, actually I am in #Gaza
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